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Chipotle Cranberry Sauce & Balsamic Cranberry Sauce

There’s nothing quite like fresh cranberry sauce with your Thanksgiving turkey. But this year, make your sauce more exciting than the typical cranberry/orange combination. Here are two twists on your standard cranberry sauce that are really easy to make. In fact, you probably have most of the ingredients in your pantry already!

For the spice-lovers in your family, Chipotle Cranberry Sauce has smoky heat with a touch of earthy cumin. But the pinch of cinnamon keeps it from straying too far from the holiday theme. You may want to make a double batch, because the leftovers of this sauce are fantastic on Friday’s turkey sandwiches (or do you tuck into your leftovers on Thursday night?).

If you aren’t into spicy food, Balsamic Cranberry sauce is slightly more traditional. The sweet-tart balsamic is a perfect complement to the cranberries and lets you go a little lighter on the sugar. Balsamic also makes the recipe a slightly deeper red color that looks really beautiful on your table.

Not only is fresh cranberry sauce quick and easy to make, but you can also store it in your fridge for up to a week. That means you can make it a few days before Thanksgiving and just heat it up in the microwave before serving. One less thing to worry about on the crazy day of Thanksgiving!

Chipotle Cranberry Sauce

2013-11-25 11:59:56

Serves 8

The original recipe calls for soaking dried chipotle peppers, but why bother? Chipotles in adobo are delicious and make the recipe much easier.

Alyssa has been cooking, crafting and entertaining for as long as she can remember. She recently relocated from crazy Tokyo to the San Francisco Bay Area, but loves to travel all over the world. She's a little bit obsessed with cookbooks, whisky and stationary.

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Love both of these! Chipotle – what an excellent idea! Smokiness makes everything better, in my opinion. And I love the sweetness of a good aged balsamic. Yum! I already made my rosemary cranberry sauce this year, but next year I’m keeping these in mind!